The Archive · 1931

Troops Called Out

IN GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar, reaps have been called out and) are now patrolling the streets arm-fed. with hockey-sticks, followin jeeries of wild disorder when crow" aethered to, protest against the execution of a carpenter—who murdered an elderly woman, The Governor-in-Council " refused a reprieve and then the text drivers went on strike and the mob forced cafes and places of amusement to close-July 3.

The carpenter, a man by the name lof Ernesto Ospisso, was hanged this morning, but there was no renewal lof the disorders which occurred here yesterday.

'A crowd gathered at the prison *{gates, but there were no demon-

The execution, which was carried Jout by a hangman who was brought from England for the purpose, is the Jsole topic of conversation in Gibral-

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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